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It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society for ends whose relative importance only those individuals know.

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Friedrich August von Hayek
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Category: Society

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.
  • 2. We have become a society that can't self-correct that can't address its obvious problems that can't pull out of its nosedive. And so to our list of disasters let us add this fourth entry: we have entered an age of folly that – for all our Facebooking and the twittling tweedle-dee-tweets of the twitterati – we can't wake up from.
  • 3. The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60 saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'

2 Amazing

  • 1. The thing that is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
  • 2. I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.
  • 3. If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
  • 2. Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
  • 3. Anger begins with folly and ends with repentance.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it records are made to be broken – it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.
  • 2. I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw the worse things got for me musically.
  • 3. The heart of marriage is memories and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns then your marriage is a gift from the gods.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Each new situation requires a new architecture.
  • 2. I love building spaces: architecture furniture all of it probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.
  • 3. Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.
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